My daughter Kate is almost four years old and more excited than ever for Christmas, so I decided to make her a Christmas calendar countdown as we tick down our days to the 25th! I knew I wanted something fun, festive, and reusable year after year. I also didn’t want candy to be the daily
I’ve mutilated so many wannabe gingerbread men and Christmas tree cookies that I should be blacklisted from every bakery aisle at this point. My repeated years of failures convinced me that you must need fancy, expensive (and super secret) tools, or some kind of pastry chef degree to make perfectly shaped, perfectly baked, perfectly frosted
It’s been a couple of weeks since I finished my first ever Whole30 challenge, and I’ve been feeling great! During the Whole30 program meals center around meat, seafood, eggs, tons of vegetables, some fruit, and plenty of good fats from fruits, oils, nuts and seeds. Foods that are off-limits include added sugar of any kind
One of my favorite holiday decor ideas is wrapping picture frames and artwork to look like holiday presents. Even though I’ve been doing it for several years in a row, it’s easy to give it a fresh look every December with new wrapping paper designs, ribbons and accessories. Here’s a look at my gift-wrapped photo
I have eyebrow issues. It all began a year ago when I was making impromptu decisions around mall kiosks and got my eyebrows threaded. It was my first time getting my eyebrows shaped and it was a total shock to see my previously ungroomed eyebrows over-threaded down to teeny parentheses over my eyes. The other
There was so much to celebrate and be thankful for in November! November 2: Hello, hat weather! November 7: After being out of town on business for almost a week, Kate and I decided to surprise G at the airport when he returned. Kate waited at the bottom of the escalator where he would appear,
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Back when I was pregnant with Kate there was this fun little game we used to play. G would ask, “Are you hungry?” and I’d respond with a shrug and a “Meh. I could eat.” That’s when the clock started ticking. If food was available anytime within a 0-15 minute window of when it was
Hometalk, the world’s largest social network for home and garden enthusiasts, has partnered with bloggers to launch their “Hometalk for the Holiday’s” nationwide campaign and they chose me (yes, me!) as one of the bloggers to represent them on live TV! Me! Live TV! It was such an amazing, exciting (nerve-wracking!) invitation to accept, and
Before you dress up your turkey next week, take a minute to think about some other things you could be dressing up… New curtains for your windows, perhaps? Or how about recovering your ottoman in a bold new print? Pop some new pillows on your couch for fresh pops of color? No matter what your
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